Moscow, March 4, 2022 – Dissent and fear of war in Ukraine is rising among the Russians, and even if many do not know what is happening, or trust the filtered information of the Kremlin (Video also to explain to children why Russia is right to ‘scold’ the Ukrainian bad child), many others fear it. Some have demonstrated in the square, and have been arrested, others are seeking refuge in other countries, see Finland.
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As reported by the BBC large numbers of Russian citizens they are moving to the neighboring country. There are those who do so out of fear that Moscow will decide a curfew or enforce martial law, perhaps following attacks of a Ukrainian origin.
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Others do it simply because they are against, also because they have relatives across the border (While the propaganda denies it, the phone calls from family members in Ukraine arrive revealing another truth to the unsuspecting Russians). So at the border of Vaalimaa, about 200 kilometers east of Helsinki, amidst the flow of Russian cars and buses, there are people who admit: “The people in Ukraine are our people, our family, we shouldn’t kill them. “ A woman confesses that she doesn’t even want to go back “as long as our terrible government is there”.
Those who decide to face the square, opposed to the invasion of Ukraine, do not have the right to organize protest actions without first asking for permission. In recent days over 7,500 people ended up in handcuffs in Russia. Including, it turns out from a bounced complaint on Facebook, even 5 children, between 7 and 11 years old, detained after being stopped while demonstrating for peace with mothers in front of the Kiev embassy in Moscow. Heroin too Yelena Osipovaa well-known survivor of the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War and today a painter, was arrested and taken away by the police, a mistake that sparked the indignation of even the coldest on the Ukrainian theme.
Moscow, police preside over Manege Square in Moscow to block demonstrations (Ansa)
So many have decided to leave the country, even if Finland could be Putin’s next destination, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is well aware of this, and today he was received, not surprisingly, in the Oval office by the homonymous. Joe Biden to discuss Putin’s threat against a possible entry into NATO of Finland and Sweden. And in fact, NATO Secretary General Jas Stoltenberg at the end of the NAC which was held today in Brussels he announced: “Finland and Sweden also participated in the NAC today. We have decided to strengthen our relationship and exchange of information. Both nations will now take part in NATO consultations on the crisis. “.
Thus, perhaps to curb the flight to Finland, the spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov he defined as fake news the news on a possible introduction of martial law in some Russian regions and on the ban on men of conscription age to leave the country. With this in mind, so to speak, the authorities’ squeeze on the independent media continues. The latest to pay for it are the radio Echo of Moscow and the Dozhd television. On the web, the Meduza site is sure to be in its sights, and is just waiting for closure.
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